Swinging window.



PATENTBD MAR. 6, 1906.

G. H. PARKER. SWINGING WINDOW. 2140mm! nun mm 1-3. 1904.

WITNESSES.-

.4 TTORNE KS PATENTED MAR. 6, N06.

G. H. PARKER.

SWINGING WINDOW.

APPLICATION rum) MAY 13. m4.

2 SHEETB-SEEET 2.

A TTORNE KY UNITED sTAirns PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE HENRY PARKER. OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO CHARLES HEMINGWAY PLATT, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

SWINGING WINDOW.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Iatentec'l March 6, 1906.

Application filed M y 13, 1904. Serial No. 207,774.

To all whom, it Tmiy concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE HENRY PAR- KER, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful ini )rovements in Swinging Windows, of which t e following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

his invention relates to the construction of swinging windows.

One of the objects thereof is to provide a simple and efficient construction whereby a window may be swung out of its normal path of travel.

Another object is to provide a construction of the above type wherein the joints between the relatively movable parts shall be tight, and also to provide means whereb any matter tendin to pass these joints shall be deflected an carried away.

Other objects will be in art obvious and in part pointed out hereina er.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements, and arrangement of arts herein illustrated, and the scope of t e a plication of which will be indicated in the following claims. I

In the accompanying drawings, whichiilustrate one of various possible embodiments of my invention, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a window embodying my invention, showing the same swung away from the frame. Fig. 2 is a section of the frame and associated parts, showing certain of the sashes in their normal position. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the inner sash swung down from its normal position. Fig.4isadetail erspective view of a portion of the frame with an auxiliary sash member in osition thereon. Fi 5 is a similar view 0 a portion of the see adapted to coact therewith. Fig. 6 is a simi lar view of a portion of the auxiliary sash member. Fig. 7 is a side elevation of a locking-bolt. Fig. 8 is an end elevation of the same. Fig. 9 is a cross-section of the frame with the auxiliary sash in place thereon. Fig. 10 is a detail erspective of parts of the auxiliary sash and a pivotal connection for the same.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

plane and are ada te sash-stile 6 with t e ends in recesses rabbeted in partin -strips 2 and front stops 3. 'The other two angles are ada of screws 1 In windows of this general type which are in common use on railway-carriages and other vehicles difilculty has been found in washing the glass, and such constructions have also been defective in that e-inders and other foreign bodies are likely to work through the joints between the same and the window-frame. One of the aims of this embodiment of my invention is to rovide a construction wherein the above do 'ects shall be remedied.

Referring now to Fig. 1, A re resents the frame of a window of the doub e-sash ty e common in railway-carriages, to which the several features of this invention are peculiarly a plicable, though they may obviousl r be use in other relations. The outer sash is adapted to reciprocate in this frame between rear stops 1 and parting-strips 2 in the ordinary manner. Guided by parting-strips 2 and front stops 3 are what may be termed auxiliary sash members C, of which, as both with their associated parts are identical, one only will be described.

The term auxiliary sash member is used throughout the following claims in a broad sense as denoting any member ada ted to coact with a sash and to have a sh ing movement within and guided by a frame. This member comprises two channel-shaped strips 4 and 5, preferably stamped out of sheet metal and placed with their connecting-webs in contact, as shown in Fig. 10. Two adjacent flanges of these stri s extend in the same to rest against the ted to lie in a plane parallel to t e sash-sti e, and that of the outer member 4 is curved inwardly, as shown at 4 for a pur ose hereinafter described. Within the c annel-sha ed strips are adapted to lie filler-blocks 7 an 8, held m position at their upper ends in cap 9, hereinafter more particularly described, by means Positioned between auxiliary sash members C is a sash D. This sash is provided on its lateral edges with strips or shields 11, pro'ectinfg outward slight y beyond the outer su ace 0 the sash, as shown at 11*, and having an inwardlyextending curved edge 11'. The portion 11 is adapted when in normal position to embrace the projectin member 5 and rest against the fil er-b ock 7, and the straight pro'ecting portion 11 is adapted to be engage by the curved edge 4* of member 4 in a similar manner. It may here be noted that small openings 12 and 13, approximately triangular in cross-section, are formed by the curved corners of the channel-shaped members 4 and 5 and the adjacent surfaces of shield 11 and stile 6. These openings or wells extend from the top to t e bottom of members C and serve to carr away any dust or cinders which might posslbly pass the closely-contacting surfaces which lie outside the same.

At the lower 1portion of memberC the adjacent flanges 0 strips 4 and 5 are cut away, as shown in Fig. 10, so as to form an openin 14, adapted to receive the ends of the slotte pivot-pm 15. These ends are adapted to lie upon either side of and in contact with the connecting webs or strips 4 and 5 and fit snugly within corresponding recesses in the filler-blocks 7 and 8. Opposite this upon sash D an o ening 16 1s cut in shie d 11 and a socket 17 1s let mto the sash beneath the shield and registerin with the opening therein, the parts being eld in posit1on by means of countersunk screws 18. Pin 15 1s adapted to rest in socket 17 and with the corresponding identical construction upon the opposite side of the window forms a pivotal connection, about which the sash D may be rotated, as shown in Fi 1.

Cap 9, before referred to, is provided with depending walls 9, adapted to embrace fillerblocks 7 and 8, the front and rear walls being perforated for screws 10 and the lateral walls eing cut away so as to straddle the connecting-webs of strips 4 and 5. Thefiller-blocks 7 and 8 terminate a short distance below the top of cap 9, and in the chamber thus formed is positioned a bolting member 19. .This member com rises bolts 19*, adapted to reciprocate wit in the cap through the alined openings 20 in the cap 9 and corresponding erforations in the flan es of strips 4 and 5.

olts 19 are connected by a post 19 terminating in a head 19. The latter is adapted to pass through a slot 9 in the cap 9 and is provided with a slide 19 adapted in any position of the bolts to cover the slot and pre.

vent the entry of foreign matter within the cap. As thebolts 19 are longer than the combined thickness of the parts of the auxiliary sash member through which they ass, they normally engage recesses 20 in sas D, thus holding the same, in connection with the previously-described pivots 15, in close engagement with those members. Whilein this condition the sash and auxiliary sash members may be reciprocated within the frame A, guided bythe parting-strips2 and front stops 3-in the ordinary manner. At a certain point moved therein.

ed e 5 of l in stile 6, preferably corresponding to an ele vation of the sash at which it would not ordinarily rest-as, for example, half an inch above its lowermost posit1onare openings 21, adapted to receive the ends of the bolts.

Positioned above and within sash D and slidable in the ways 22 is a sash E. This sash, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, is adapted to ass below and overlap the upper end of sas D when the latter is in its normal closed condition. The space between the outer surface of the lower cross member of sash E and the inner surface of upper cross member of sash D may be filled in any desired manner, this filling not being shown, as it forms no part of the present invention.

The operation of the above-described embodiment of my invention is as follows: With the parts in the normal position shown in Fig. 2 sash D is locked by the bolting members 19 to the auxiliary sash members C. In this position the above parts may together be used as an ordinary sash, and on account of the above-described features forms a tight joint with the frame A and yet may easil be Moreover, the chance 0 the bolts jarrin out of engagement with the sash D is reduce to a minimum, as it is necessary to exactly position the sash in order to render such movement possible. When it is desired to swing the sash, as for washing or other ur oses, it is raised into the position in wh1ch olts 19' are opposite openings 21 in stile 6, which position may be indicated in any desired manner in order to render the same readily found. Upper sash E is then slightlyraised and bolts 19 are slid into these :openings by means of head 19, the same movement freeing the upper end of sash D. The latter is then swung about ivots 15 to any desired osition, preferably resting a ainst the 'sill of the window, as shown in 1g. 1. In this position both surfaces of sash D and the inner surface of sash B are readily accessible, as will'be obvious from the drawings. When it is desired to restore the sash to normal position, a reverse series of operations is performed. It will thus be seen that I have provided a simple and efficient means of accomplishing the objects of this invention and remedying many of the defects of former constructions. The several arts also are inexpensive and may be assem led by comparatlvely unskilled labor. Moreover, the same be a plied to windows now in use with slig t an obvious changes. On account of the peculiar construction of the joints they are not only substantially dirt and cinder proof, but no considerable quantity of air can pass through the same, and the rattling of the parts is prevented. Also the several parts 1 are securely held together, and the chances of the sash accidentally becoming loose and swinging down are reduced to a minimum.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and many apparently widely ditlerent embodiments of my invcntion could be made without departing from the scope thereof, I intend that all matter contained in the above description and shown in the accompenying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in :1 limiting sense. It will also be understood that the invention here set forth could be utilized in various relations as a combined weatherstrip and hinge for doors, batches. and other similar devices, and where in the claims I use the terms such frame, sash, and the like such terms are used broadly as referring to the permanent and movable members of this general class of devices. I desire it also to be understood that the language used in the following claims is intended to cover all oi the generic and specific features of the in vention herein described and all statements oi the scope of the invention which metter of language might be said to tell there between.

Huying described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a device of the class described, in combination, a plurality of relatively movable members, a strip upon each of said members adapted to rest in contact, the edge of one of said strips being bent so as to embrace the adjacent edge of the other and the re maining edge of said sec ind-mentioned strip being turned so as to embrace the adjacent edge of said first-mentioned strip, and the central portion of the surface of one of said strips being out of contact With the adjacent strip.

2. In a device of the class described, in combination, a sesh member, auxiliary sash members, said sash member and said auxiliary sash members being relatively movable with respect to each other, a plurality of strips upon one of said members, said strips being so joined as to form a longitudinal rccess therebetween, and stripping upon the other of said members, the stripping upon each of said members being adapted to lie in contact with the stripping upon the other of said members.

3. In combination, e Window-frame, a. member adapted to reciprocate therein, said member comprising two channel shaped parts lying with their connecting webs in contact and two of their flanges extending in substantially the same plane and guiding members between which said lirst-inentioiunl member is adopted to reciprocate, said flanges being locked in position by said guiding members.

4. In combination, a. window-frame, a member adapted to reciprocate therein, said member comprising two channel-shaped parts lying with their colmccting-webs in contact and two of their flanges extending in substantially the same plane and adapted to engage said frame and guiding members hetwccn which said iirst-nientirmed member is adopted to reciprocate, said finngcs being locked in position by said guiding members.

5. In combination, a Window-frame, and a member adopted to reciprocate therein, said member coinprisin two channel shaped parts lying with t 'ieir connecting-webs in contact and two oi their flanges extending in substantially the so me ilane and adapted to engage said frmne and. the remaining two hinges adopted to extend in u parallel plane, said ilnnges projecting outwardly in opposite directions and being positively held in contact with said windmi frnmc by the parts beyond which they project 6. In combination, s window-frame, 21 sash, and a. member adopted to reciprocate in said frame, said member comprising two channel-shaped pert-s lying with their connecting-webs in contact, two of their flanges extending in substantially the same plane and engaging said frame and the rcnuiining two flanges extending in a parallel plane and engaged by said 7. In combination, a Window frame, a sash, a member adapted to reciprocate in said frame, said member comprising two channelsheped parts lying With their connectingwebs in contact and two of their flanges extending in substantially the same plane and engaging said frame and the remaining two flanges extending in at parallel plane, and a strip upon said sash engaging one of said ilenges and engaged by the other thereof.

8. in combination, u windowframe, a sash, zi member adopted to reciplocnlc in said frame, said member comprising two channelshsped ports lying with their connecting- Wcbs in contact and two of their llsngcs extending in substantially the same plane and engaging said frame, and the remaining two flanges extending in a pn aliel plane, and a. strip upon said sash engaging one ol' said flanges and engaged by the other thereof, the parts being so related to Form o well between said frame and said member,

9. In combination, a window'frumc, at sash, a member adapted to reciprocate in said t'ramc, said member comprising two channelslutped parts lying with their connectingwobs in contact and two of their flanges extending in substantially the same plsnc and engaging said frame and the remaining two flanges extending in a parallel plane, and a strip upon said ssshcngaging one of said flanges and engaged by the other thereof, the parts being so shaped and related as to form a Well between said member and said sash.

10. In combination, a window-ireme, an auxiliary sash member adopted to reciproeate therein, a sash, a cap upon said auxiliary member, and a bolt within said eapadapted to occupy two alternative positions in one of which it locks said auxiliary member to said frame and in the other of which it locks said sash to said auxiliary sash member.

1]. In combination, a window-frame. an auxiliary sash member adapted to reciprocate therein, a sash, a zip upon said auxiliary member, a bolt within said cap adapted to occupy two alternative positions in one of which it locks said auxiliary member to said frame, and in the other of which it locks said sash to said auxiliary sash member, amt a. head projecting through a slot in said cap whereby said bolt may be moved.

12. ln combimttion, a window-frame, a sash, a member adapted to reciprocate in said frame, said member comprising two channel-shaped parts lying with their connecting-webs in contact and two of their flanges extending in substantially the same plane and engaging said frame and the remaining two flanges extending in a parallel plane, a strip upon said sash engaging one of said flanges and engaged by the other thereof, and a pivotal connection between said sash and said auxiliary sash member 13. in cmnbination, a window-fran1e, an auxiliary sash member adapted to reciprocate therein, a sash piyotally connectml to said auxiliary sash member, means adapted to occupy two alternative positons in one of which. it locks said auxiliary member to said frame and in the other of which it locks said sash to said auxiliary sash member and mutually-eml racing strips interposed between said sash member and said sash said means being adapted to project through said mutuallyannbracing strips.

14. .In a device of the class described, in combination, a plu ality of relatively movable members, a strip upon each of said members, the edge of one of said strips being bent so as to embrace the adjacent edge of an other of said strips and the remaining edge on said seeond-mentioned strip being bent about the remaining edge of said lirst-mentioned strip and a pivotal connection between said members, said strips being free from contact one with another at their een tral portions.

15. A sash member comprising two ehan nel-shaped members lying with their conneetingwebs in contact and each ha ying lixed therein a separate tiller-block.

it}. in tannbination, a sash member comprising two channel-shaped members lying with their connecting-wetis in contact, guid ing members and tiller-blocks within said channel-shaped members resting in contact with said guiding members.

17. In combination, a frame, a sash member comprising two ehannel-shaped members 1 lying with their connecting-webs parallel and their adjacent flanges engaging said frame, guiding members and filler-blocks interposed within said channel-shaped members adapt ed to rest against said guiding members.

in. In combination, a frame, sash mem- .l)t1 comprising two channel-shaped mem bers lying with their colmeeting-webs parallel and their flanges resting against said frame and a sash pivotally mounted between the said sash members and adapted to engage the remaining llanges thereof. 7

1%). in combination, a frame, sash members comprising two channel-shaped members lyirg with their ctmnecting-webs paral lel and their adjacent flanges resting against said frame, a sash pivotally mounted between the remaining flanges of said sash members, strips upon said sash and a curved edge upon one of the tlangesof eachof said sashmembers adapted to engage the projecting edge of the corresponding strip.

2(]. ln co1nbiuation,a frame,t'\\'osash members each comprising two channel-shaped members lying with their connecting-webs parallel and each having adjacent flanges engaging said frame, a sash pivotally mounted between the remaining flanges of said sash members, and strips upon said sash one edge of each of which is embraced by the adjacent edge of the corresponding sash member and the other edge of each of which embraces the adjacent Hanged sash member corresponding thereto.

21. In combination, a frame, sash members within said frame each comprising two channel-shaped members lying with their connecthag-webs parallel and having adjacent llanges resting against said frame, a sash pivotally mounted between the remaining llanges of said channel-shaped members, and strips upon said sash interposed between said flanges and said sash, said flanges and said sash being so related as to form openings substantially parallel to said sash members.

i 22. In combination, a frame, two sash members within said frame comprising two channel-shaped members lying with their connecting-webs substantially parallel and their adjacent llanges resting against said frame, lillerblocks within said channelshaped members, guiding-strips on said frame l engaging said tiller-blocks, and a sash. pivotally mounted between the remainingflanges of said ehannelshaped members said channelshaped members being so shaped as to provide an opening between their inner surfaces and said sash which is substantially parallel to said sash members.

23. in combination, a frame, sash members mounted within said frame each comprising two channel-shapml members lying with their connecting-webs in contact, guiding-strips on said frame, filler-blocks'within said guiding-strips,

said channel-shaped members resting against a sash member pivotally mounted between the remaining flanges of said chann el-shaped members and strips upon the outer surface of said sash one edge of each of said stri s being embraced by the adjacent flange of the corresponding channel-shaped member and the other edge of each of said strips embracing the adjacent flange of the corresponding channel-shaped member and said strips and flanges being so related as to provide openings substantially parallel to said sash members.

24. In combination, a window-frame, a sash, a member adapted to reciprocate in said frame, said member comprising two channel-shaped parts lying with their connesting-webs in contact and two of their flanges extending in substantially the same pl ane, and a pivot straddling said connectingwebs and engaging a socket in said sash.

25. In combination, a window-frame, a sash, a member adapted to reciprocate in said frame, said member comprising two channel-shaped parts lying with their connesting-webs in contact and two of their flanges extending in substantially the same lane and the remaining two flanges extendmg in a parallel plane, a strip upon said sash engaging one of said flanges and engaged by another thereof, the parts being so shaped and related as to form a well between said frame and said member, and a pivot straddling said connectingvebs and engaging a socket in said sash.

26. In combination, awindow-lrame, a

sash, a member adapted to reciprocate in said sash, said member comprising two chanrial-shaped parts lying with their connectingwebs in contact and two of their flanges extending in substantially the same plane and engaging said frame, and locking means carried by said auxiliary member alternatively engaging said frame and said sash.

27. In combination, a window-frame, a sash, a member adapted to reciprocate in said frame, said member comprising two channel-shaped parts lying with their connecting-webs in contact and two of their flanges extending in substantially the same plane, and a pivot straddling said connect lug-webs and engaging a socket in said sash, said sash being adapted to rotate with respect to said auxiliary sash member about said pivot.

28. In combination, a window-frame, a sash, a member adapted to reciprocate in said frame, said member comprising two channel-shaped parts lying with their connccting-wcbs in contact and two of their flanges extending in substantially the same plane and engaging said frame and the two remaining flanges extending in a parallel in the other of which it looks plane, a strip 11 on said sash engaging one of said flanges an engaged by the other thereof, a pivotal connection between said sash and said auxiliary sash members, and looking means carried by said auxiliary members engaging said sash.

2-9. In combination, a window-frame, a sash, a member adapted to reciprocate in said frame, said member comprising two channel-shaped parts lying with their connecting-webs in contact and two of their flanges extending in substantially the same plane, a pivot straddling said connectingwebs and engaging a socket in said sash, and locking means carri ed by said auxiliary member adapted alternatively to engage said frame and said sash.

30. In combination, a window-frame, a sash, a member adapted to reciprocate in said frame, said member comprising two channelshaped parts lying with their connecting-webs in contact and two of their flanges extending in substantially the same plane, a pivot straddling said connectingwebs and engaging a socket in said sash and permitting the same to be swung about a horizontal axis, and locking means carried by said auxiliary member adapted alternatively to engage said frame and said sash.

31. In window construction, in combination, a plurality of relatively movable members and stripping upon each of said members, the ed go of the stripping upon one thereof embracing the edge of that upon the other, the stripping upon said members being free from contact at the central portions thereof.

32. In combination, a window-frame, a member adapted to reciprocate in said frame, a member pivotally connected therewith, a cap upon said first-mentioned member, a bolt within said cap adapted to occupy two alter native positions in one of which it looks said first-mentioned member to said frame, and said first and and means rojecting whereby said b0 t may be second members through said cap, actuated.

" In combination, a window-frame, and

Q'). members slidably mountcd within said frame, a sash positioned between said mcmbers and pivotally connected with each of the same, caps upon said members at the upper ends thereof, bolts within said caps, each adapted to occupy two alternative positions in one of which it engages said sash, and in the other of which it engages said windowl'rame, and means projecting through the said caps whereby said bolts may be actuated.

In combination, a window-frame, and members slidablv mounted within said frame, a sash positioned between said members and pivotally connected with each of the IIS same, caps end thereof, bolts within said caps, each adapted to occupy two alternative positions in one of which it engages said sash, and in the other of which it engages said windowframe, and means projecting through the said caps whereby said bolts may be actuated, said sash and said members being proupon said members at the upper vided with interlooki 11g Weather stripping through which said bolts are adapted to pass. 10

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE HENRY PARKER. Witnesses:

H. M. SEAMANS, J i B. KNOX. 

